De or het familielid?
het familielid
relative, family member
/faːˈmi.liˌlɪt/
Article and plural
- Singular
- het familielid
- Plural (meervoud)
- de familieleden
- Diminutive
- het familielidje
Why het?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het familielid is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de familieleden whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het familielidje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What het changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | dit familielid | deze familieleden |
| that, those | dat familielid | die familieleden |
| which (the … that) | het familielid dat … | de familieleden die … |
| our | ons familielid | onze familieleden |
Meaning in English
- relative, family member
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